Cigar-lighter.



H. w. CLARK.v CIGAR LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZT, I9I4.

1,14%? 84., Patented July 27, 1915.

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HARRY W. CLARK, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR F ONE-THIRD TO FREDERICK C. POWELL, 0F KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, AND ONE-THIRD T0 SOL. I. WEDLANSKY, 0F

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application ined may 27, 1914. serial No. 841,211.5.V

' To all whom it may Concern Be it known' that I, HARRY W. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- "Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

My :invention relates to cigar lighters, and, among other features, embodies a wick and manually-controlled sparking means for' igniting said wick.

The objects of the invention areito provide l a self-contained cigar-lighter, which may be l5.

placed anywhere upon a counter or Showcase, one that can be maintained at small cost; and one which is so constructed as not likely to get out of order.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made` to the accompanying drawing, in which:

ments of the invention adjacent to said Snuf'fer.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a tank or. receptacle'l, for gasolene rother combustible material. Said receptacle has a base 2 of suiiicient vsize and weight to prevent the device from tipping over while in use. The receptacle 1 is` filled through an opening normally closed by a cap 3, and said receptacle has an upwardly-extending tubu.l

lar wich-holder 11 to which a rectangular` extension 5 is secured,"said rectangular eXtensionbeing provided chiefly for convenience in assembling and supporting the ignition 6 designates abearingsecured to the eX- tension 5 to'support a rock-shaft 7, journaled in said bearing and provided at one end to a snuffer 11, p ivota1ly'mounted upon a screw 12 engaging a bracket 13 secured to the upper end of the extension 5.

The forward end of the trigger 9 is norinally held in contact with a stop 14 projecting from the adjacent side of one of a pair of cheek-plates 15, arranged at opposite sides of the extension 5 and pivotally-mounted4 upon the rock-shaft 7. The cheek-plates 15 are united by shouldered screws 16 and 17,"the latterv of which passes through a spacing-sleeve 18 abuttin the inner sides of said cheek-plates, the "ackward pivotal vmovement 'of which is limited by said spacilng sleeve contacting the extension 5, see

-t 19 designates a spring to accelerate the backward movement of the cheek-plates 15.

. Said spring 19 has its intermediate portion engaging a. pin or screw 2O secured to the rock-shaft 7, about which a portion 'of the spring 19 is coiled. One end of the Spring Figure 1 `is a side elevation of the device.

19 -engages the screw 16 and its opposite end bears against the adjacent side of the eXtension 5, see Fig. 2.

21 designates a latch to delay the forward movement of the cheek-plates 15 to allow spring 19 to become wound 'by turning the rock-shaft v7 in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2. Latch 21 is pivotally-connected to the adjacent cheek-plate 15 by a pin or screw 22, and normally engages a vstationary pin 23 projecting from a plate 2-1 Secured to the lower end of the rectangular extension 5 by screws 25. Latch 21 is vprovided at its upper end with a cam-shaped portion 26,`

which overlaps the adjacent end of the trigger 9, whereby said latch is disengaged from the pin 23.

The spark-producing elements comprise a rotary bur-wheel 27 phoric material 28, which latter is loosely arranged in atubular holder 29, secured at its upper end to the bracket 13.

The tubular holder 29 has two diametrilcally opposed longitudinal slots 30, through which one arm of a spring 31 projects for the purpose of taking up wear of the element 28 and holding it in frictional engagement with vthe bur-wheel 27. The intermediate portion of spring 31 is coiled about a stud 32 projecting from a lug 13a, at the lower end of the' bracket 13, against which one end of said spring 31 abuts. The end and a'. piece of pyroof the spring 3l, passing through the slots The bur-wheel 27 is ixedly-mounted upon` a short shaft 34, journaled in the bracket 13 and provided at one end with a rigidly mounted ratchet-wheel 35, which is actuated by a ratchet-bar 36, pivotally-mounted upon a stud 37, projecting inwardly from one of the cheeks 15. The' ratchet-bar 36 is yieldinglyfheld,A in engagement with the ratchet-wheel 35 vthrough the intermediacy 15 of a spring 38, coiled about thestud 37 and having one end connected to said ratchet-bar and its other end to the stud 37. y

In order to'ignitth'e' wick, the handwheel 8 is grasped and rotated in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2. This operation winds the spring 19 andr causes the forward end of thel trigger 9 to rock upward'l into engagement with the cam-shaped terminal 26 of the latch 21, which latter prevents the cheek-plates 15 from rocking forward during the initial movement of the hand-wheel 10. As the forward end of'the ltrigger 9 rocks upward into engagement with the cam-shaped portion 26 of the latch 21', the

30 latter is released from the. pin 23:-and permits the cheek-plates 15 to be thrown sud-- against the upper end ofthe element 28 and 1 produces a spark. The spark thus produced ignites the upper end of the wick which has been exposed, owing to the upward movement of the snuifer 11, which was raised to the position indicated by Fig. 2, through the -intermediacy of the trigger 9 and the connecting-bar 1Q. In order toy extinguish the flame, the hand-wheel 10 is released, when the parts areimmediately restored to normal position through the intermediacy of i5() the spring 19. As the snuifer lswings-down upon the upper en'd of the extension 5, it

covers the upper end of thepwick A and smothers the flame. Having thus described my invention, what yI claim and desire to secure by Letters Patl. A cigar lighter comprising a wick holder, a rock shaft pivotally associated therewith, cheek plates pivotally connected to the shaft, a trigger fixed to the shaft, a 60 latch pivotally connected to one of the cheek plates, said latch having a cam formed upon one end and normally. engaged by one end of the trigger, a pin mounted adjacent the wick holder and normally engaged by the other end of the latch, means for swinging 4the cheek 'plates downwardly to disengage plates in' one direction. 75

` ing downward movement of the carrier.

3. In combination with a wick holder` and igniting means therefor, a rock shaft pivotallysupported thereby, a trigger fixed tol one end of the rock shaft, a carrier pivotally supported by the shaft, a spring yieldably connectingA the carrier and shaft, a l'atchepivotally connected tofthe carrier, and having one end normally engagedwith the trigger, a pin mounted adjacent the holder and normally engaged by the other end of the latch, and means for rocking the shaft to tension the spring subsequent to the disengagement of the trigger and'latch, andthe latch and pm. f `In testimony whereof I affix my signature, i in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY W. CLARK.

Witnesses:

SOL. I. WEDLANSKY, F. G. FISCHER. 

